BrcmCardReader.exe
Broadcom Card Reader Service by Broadcom
| Version: | 1, 0, 1, 0 |
| MD5: | 5c6add0111e1c6601b5911f7acf85bb8 |
| SHA1: | 6314b326473e65204144d0bbf83559c6d5ee9b8b |
| SHA256: | 1653e8725478c8118d2af15399a1a44464afdc6f66eb1a90bb268a0692831aee |
Overview
brcmcardreader.exe runs as a service under the name BrcmCardReader (BrcmCardReader) with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). It is installed with a couple of know programs including Broadcom Card Reader Driver Installer published by Broadcom Corporation and Broadcom Card Reader Driver Installer published by Broadcom Corporation. The assembly utilizes the .NET run-time framework (which is required to be installed on the PC).
Details
| File name: | brcmcardreader.exe |
| Publisher: | Broadcom Corp. |
| Product name: | Broadcom Card Reader Service |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\broadcom\memorycard\brcmcardreader.exe |
| File version: | 1, 0, 1, 0 |
| Size: | 172.5 KB (176,640 bytes) |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET |
| .NET CLR: | Yes |
| .NET NGENed: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
This is the software driver package for the installed Broadcom Card Reader. The driver package is required in order for the Broadcom Card Reader device to function properly and is the software that allows your computer to communicate with this hardware device.
Behaviors
Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- BrcmCardReader
- 'BrcmCardReader' (Broadcom Card Reader Service)
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00013114% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00008398% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00004716% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 2,089 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 1,346/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 1.08 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 4.1 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 3.14 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 1.08 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 30.71 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 32.95 MB | |
| Working set: | 3.26 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 4.5 MB | |
| Page faults: | 1,346/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 6 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 0 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 1/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 3 | |
| Handles: | 83 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\broadcom\memorycard\brcmcardreader.exe" |
| Owner: | SYSTEM |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | BrcmCardReader |
| Display name: | BrcmCardReader |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
| Parent process: | services.exe (by Microsoft) |
Threads
Averages
| BrcmCardReader.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00063418% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00063418% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| CPU cycles: | 5,194/sec | |
| Memory: | 196 KB | |
| sechost.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00043540% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00043540% | |
| CPU cycles: | 5,674/sec | |
| Memory: | 288 KB | |
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 8 |
77.78% |
|
| Windows 8.1 |
11.11% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro |
11.11% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 55.56% of Broadcom Card Reader Service.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Acer |
100.00% |
|
